Even as the understanding and prevalence of the Cloud continues to escalate and as companies continue to migrate data and services to the Cloud, counsel for many companies are still attempting to review contacts for cloud services as if they were software contracts or fail to understand and appreciate issues regarding security, performance, availability, disaster recovery and business continuity. In addition, many fail to properly appreciate the implementation process or the effort involved to move to another vendor and thus, fail to consider the costs of signing on and how it may lock the company in with the vendor as switching vendors may be cost prohibitive. Join Matt Karlyn and Aaron Tantleff of Foley & Lardner LLP as they discuss some of the more significant issues that arise during negotiations with cloud providers and how to effectively negotiate terms and mitigate risks.
Matthew A. Karlyn, Esq. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is a member of its Information Technology & Outsourcing practice group and its Privacy, Security and Information Management practice group. He has extensive experience with transactions related to outsourcing and information technology including business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, HR outsourcing, legal process outsourcing, technology licensing, cloud computing, systems integration and software development. He also advices companies with respect to privacy, security and information management matters, compliance with federal and state laws, and drafting and implementing privacy and security policies and standards. In addition to his law degree, Mr. Karlyn has a MBA from the University of Chicago, and he has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, an honor given to the top 2.5% of Massachusetts lawyers under the age of 40. A frequent speaker and writer in the area of information technology and outsourcing (for a complete listing of his publications and speeches, see http://www.foley.com/people/bio.aspx?employeeid=27862), he can be reached via email at: mkarlyn@foley.com.
Aaron K. Tantleff, Esq. is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of its Information Technology & Outsourcing Practice, its Privacy, Security and Information Management Practice and the Energy, Health Care and Life Sciences Industry Teams. His practice includes information technology, outsourcing, licensing, transactional intellectual property, e-commerce, development, manufacturing, supply, and distribution agreements, as well as product acquisitions, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments where technology and intellectual property are of significant importance and value. Mr. Tantleff, who frequently speaks and writes on such topics (for more, see http://www.foley.com/aaron-k-tantleff/), is also an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and has been selected for inclusion in the 2013 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, an honor given to the top 2.5% of Illinois lawyers under the age of 40.
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